Patents by Inventor George Richard Kear

George Richard Kear has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Integrated dip from 3D resistivity tool and borehole imaging tool
    Patent number: 9645275
    Abstract: A method for determining a dip of a geological structure in a subterranean formation, involves generating, using a 3D resistivity analyzer, a first intermediate result describing the dip of the geological structure based on 3D resistivity data collected from a borehole penetrating the subterranean formation. The method further involves generating, using a borehole image analyzer, a second intermediate result describing the dip of the geological structure based on a borehole image collected from the borehole. The method further involves generating, by a computer processor combining the first intermediate result and the second intermediate result based on a pre-determined criterion, an integrated result describing the dip of the geological structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Anish Kumar, Ronald S. Hayden, George Richard Kear, Jeffrey Mark Grant, Elizabeth Ruiz, Souvick Saha, Bill Newberry, Raja Shahnawaz Khan, Steven Eugene Alderman
  • Slabbed core format for borehole image data
    Patent number: 9494707
    Abstract: A method can include providing borehole data organized with respect to a cylindrical surface, defining one or more bedding planes based at least in part on the borehole data, and transforming at least a portion of the borehole data to a planar slab format for a plane interior to the cylindrical surface. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Anish Kumar, Florent Bringer, George Richard Kear, Cormac Parsons, Florent d'Halluin
  • Slabbed Core Format for Borehole Image Data
    Publication number: 20150003688
    Abstract: A method can include providing borehole data organized with respect to a cylindrical surface, defining one or more bedding planes based at least in part on the borehole data, and transforming at least a portion of the borehole data to a planar slab format for a plane interior to the cylindrical surface. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Anish Kumar, Florent Bringer, George Richard Kear
  • Rock classification method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6751557
    Abstract: A rock classification system involves the use of a Ternary Diagram (TD) Model and a set of rules in a rule base. A computer, which stores a rock classification software which includes the rule base, will be responsive to certain data points from a Spectroscopy Sonde, will compare each data point with each of the rules in the rule base, and, when a match is found, will generate a specific rock classification for that data point. When a plurality of data points are input to the computer, a corresponding plurality of rock classifications are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gamal Shehab, Anish Kumar, George Richard Kear, Oswaldo E. Viloria, David Williamson